Percent of a Number

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What is the definition of 'percent'?

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Percent means 'per hundred' and is a way to express a number as a fraction of 100.

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How do you calculate a percentage of a number?

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To calculate a percentage of a number, multiply the number by the percentage (in decimal form). For example, to find 15% of 80, calculate 80 x 0.15.

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What is 15% of 82?

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12.3

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What is the formula to find the whole number when given a percentage of it?

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The formula is: Whole = Part / (Percentage in decimal form).

Front

56 is 35% of what number?

Back

160

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What is 90% of 250?

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225

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What does it mean if a number is 50% of another number?

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It means that the number is half of the other number.

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What is 50% of 70?

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35

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How can you express 75% as a fraction?

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75% can be expressed as 75/100, which simplifies to 3/4.

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If 75% of a number is 27, how do you find the number?

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Use the formula: Whole = Part / (Percentage in decimal form). Here, Whole = 27 / 0.75 = 36.